Design Statement
Threadlight explores the musical theme through movement and restoration. The Stitchling floats between starbuds, drawing threads of light that ring when crossed. Completing a constellation wakes its surroundings, and the original generative score grows brighter and fuller as the world recovers. The aim is to make restoration something the player can see, hear and feel in the same action.

The journey moves from a sleeping garden through ponds, starfields and lantern hollows to the crown of the Great Tree. Later chapters combine drifting lights, numbered patterns, fading threads and wind, giving the simple act of weaving more demanding variations. Lost mewlings add small moments of care: find them and guide them home.

There is no combat or loss of lives. A mistake interrupts a pattern and invites another attempt. The reward is a world gradually coming alive through the player’s movement.

Game Instructions (launch steps, controls, and gameplay overview)
Browser: click Run game on the itch.io page; fullscreen is recommended. Windows: download Threadlight-Windows.zip, extract the whole archive, open Threadlight-win32-x64, and run Threadlight.exe. Keep the accompanying files together.

WASD or arrow keys move. Space or Shift dashes. Esc pauses, R restarts, and M toggles sound. Gamepad: left stick or D-pad moves, A or right shoulder dashes, Start pauses.

Float through starbuds to connect them with light. Complete the patterns to wake the world. Follow numbered starbuds in order when they appear, avoid hazards that snap your thread, and guide lost mewlings back to their baskets. Ten chapters; keyboard or gamepad required, no touch controls.

Gameplay walkthrough video
https://youtu.be/6nyegnX8afE

Did your project use any AI tools or assets? If yes, please specify.
Yes. Claude Code was used under human direction for code only